Pipeline Monologue By Franklin Mancebo & Abou Hinson

my name is anthony morning 

i have lived on this plantation for about three generations

for political reasons i can not show my face

therefore i am darken by the camera

this plantain has seen me and my whole family grow

now recently i was informed to move away from plantains in NORTH Dakota

because of the pipeline coming from the north

it would affect or family greatly and we do not appreciate it

now i told my daughter Ashely stares at moon

because she saw  me trying to figure out a cuter for my family

and she says hey every things donna be ok so i tell my wife whats going on

she cries and says way are we going to do

so i ask you  what are we join to do 

are e going to let this happen and do nothing

or stand up for our rites as people of north dakota

i ask you would you want your kids to go threw this

( look away)

Pablo hernandez (interview)

I don't think that this is fair either to me and also the community 

I don't know what's going on north dakota do we the community not have a say in what goes on in our homes and lives.this pipeline threatens the safety of our kids and that is not ok with me.my kids all all i have i have no wife mom or dad i no that i am an immigrant but i am also a citizen of this country. i didn't go threw all this debate all all the noise the construction would motive me to not let me let this happen. I don't want my kids to go through all this.how would you fell if you would have to go 20 to 30 mins more to you schedule 

I do not like this one bit!

Not at all!

interview

Pablo hernandez

I don't think that this is fair either to me and also the community 

I don't know what's going on north dakota do we the community not have a say in what goes on in our homes and lives.this pipeline threatens the safety of our kids and that is not ok with me.my kids all all i have i have no wife mom or dad i no that i am an immigrant but i am also a citizen of this country. i didn't go threw all this debate all all the noise the construction would motive me to not let me let this happen. I don't want my kids to go through all this

Abou Hinson

Dear Mr. President

My name is Carlita Rodriguez. I am a latino-American in Austin, Texas. There hasn’t been much work available, let alone for a latina in a border state. The Keystone Tar Sands would provide much needed work and a healthy income for my four year old daughter and I. It would also significantly improve the economy for other Americans. If the Tar Sands were built it would also help others like myself find work. The only problem is I have to think about my daughter’s future.

The pipeline would emit pollution just like any other pipeline. Since the Tar Sands are a pipeline that means that they will leak. If it were to be built, the pipeline would run over a fresh water source, now rare in America. Some believe that it would be “Game over” for the environment. Its not so much a concern for me, but for my daughter. I know that I might not live to see the negative results of this project, but I couldn’t rest knowing that I was a part of my child’s environmentally instability.

Honestly I really need the work, but the price I’d have to pay would be too much. I vote no for the Tar sands project. The environment is to much of a price to pay for a little more energy.

Sincerely, Carlita Rodriguez